Feminism

Virginia Woolf was a very strong writer. This old feminist author was strongly concerned about the position of women in the society. Her writings mostly talk about women’s abysmal state in the male dominated society, especially the abyss of tragedy and anguish which they face. I am sure, Woolf’s ideas were not considered ‘natural’ rather fallacious and that is why she was being largely criticized. She went against the norms of a common woman and spoke what she thought was truth according to her.

“Shakespeare’s Sister’’ is an excerpt from Woolf’s novel, “Room of One’s Own”, which is considered an early milestone in the modern feminist writing. The author encapsulates the lopsided society where there is vicious hold of the ‘second-sex’; where the views and opinions of the ‘fair-sex’ are thwarted and hindered; where anonymity runs in women’s blood.

“Women are poorer than men, because – this or that”… some of the profound thoughts in the Literature fall from the narrator’s lips; in real life what actually do women enjoy is what has been described in these lines. Whatever may be the issue, the blame rolls down to the woman and she is always found to be guilty. At that time, the entire life of a woman was planned by ‘somebody else’. Women had no choices and life; their existence was constantly questioned.